分数阶非线性多智能体系统的一致性研究

研究固定拓扑结构下的分数阶非线性多智能体系统协调控制的动力学模型问题。由于实际多智能体系统中,系统的状态变量难以全部测量,为了克服这一困难,利用状态观测器对系统状态进行重构并基于重构状态进行状态反馈。利用分数阶Lyapunov稳定性理论,证明了当反馈增益矩阵满足一定的线性矩阵不等式（LMI）条件时,系统中的智能体最终趋于所给定的目标状态。最后利用分数阶微积分的预估-校正算法进行数值仿真验证了理论分析的有效性和可行性。     

Distributed finite-time consensus tracking for nonlinear multi-agent systems with a time-varying reference state

This paper investigates the consensus tracking problem for nonlinear multi-agent systems with a time-varying reference state. The consensus reference is taken as a virtual leader, whose output is only its position information that is available to only a subset of a group of followers. The dynamics of each follower consists of two terms: nonlinear inherent dynamics and a simple communication protocol relying only on the position of its neighbours. In this paper, the consensus tracking problem is respectively considered under fixed and switching communication topologies. Some corresponding sufficient conditions are obtained to guarantee the states of followers can converge to the state of the virtual leader in finite time. Rigorous proofs are given by using graph theory, matrix theory, and Lyapunov theory. Simulations are presented to illustrate the theoretical analysis.     

Consensus tracking for second-order nonlinear multi-agent systems with switching topologies and a time-varying reference state

In this study, the authors consider the consensus tracking problem for second-order nonlinear multi-agent systems with switching topologies and a time-varying reference state. The dynamics of each agent consists of nonlinear inherent dynamics. In order to reach consensus tracking, a class of nonsmooth control protocols is proposed which only depends on the agent's own information and its neighbours’ information. With the aid of algebraic graph theory, matrix theory, and Lyapunov theory, some corresponding sufficient conditions guaranteeing consensus tracking under the proposed control protocols are derived. Finally, the numerical simulations are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the developed theoretical results.     

Leader-following consensus of fractional-order multi-agent systems via adaptive pinning control

In this paper, the leader-following consensus problem of fractional-order multi-agent systems is considered via adaptive pinning control. The dynamics of leader and all followers with linear and nonlinear functions are investigated, respectively. We assume that the node should be pinned if its in-degree is less than its out-degree in the paper. Under this assumption and based on the stability theory of fractional-order differential systems, some leader-following consensus criteria are derived, which are easily obtained by matrix inequalities. The control of each agent using local information is designed and detailed analysis of the leader-following consensus is presented. The design technique is based on algebraic graph theory and the Riccati inequality. Several simulation examples are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Fully distributed robust consensus control of multi-agent systems with heterogeneous unknown fractional-order dynamics

This paper investigates the robust consensus control problem of heterogeneous unknown nonlinear fractional-order multi-agent systems (FOMASs) without leader and with multiple leaders of bounded inputs. More specifically, FOMASs with nonidentical unknown coupling nonlinearities and external disturbances are considered in this paper, which takes the first-order MASs as its special case. Based on the σ-modification adaptive control technique, some class of discontinuous robust adaptive control protocols are proposed to solve the leaderless consensus problem and containment consensus problem, respectively. By means of the set-valued maps theory and by artfully choosing Lyapunov function, it is shown that the proposed consensus protocols are user friendly in that they are capable of compensating uncertain coupling nonlinearities, rejecting disturbances, rendering smaller control gains and thus requiring smaller amplitude on the control input while preserving global consensus convergence. All of the proposed robust adaptive consensus protocols are independent of any global and unknown information and thus are fully distributed. Some numerical simulations are provided to validate the correctness of the obtained results.     

Distributed formation control of fractional-order multi-agent systems with absolute damping and communication delay

The distributed formation control of fractional-order multi-agent systems is mainly studied under directed interaction topology in this paper. First, the control algorithm with absolute damping and communication delay is proposed to achieve the formation control. Then, some sufficient conditions are derived by using the matrix theory, graph theory and the frequency-domain analysis method. Finally, based on the numerical method of predictor–corrector, several simulations are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the obtained results.     

Observer-based quasi-containment of fractional-order multi-agent systems via event-triggered strategy

This paper is devoted to the quasi-containment control problem of fractional-order multi-agent systems (FOMASs). First, to reduce the frequency of communications, a novel observer-based event-triggered control mechanism which only relies on the information at the trigger-time is proposed. And then, by applying the theory of algebraic graph, matrix and fractional-order calculus, some sufficient consensus conditions based on the linear matrix inequality are established for achieving the consensus of FOMASs. In addition, the strict positive lower bound on the inter-event interval is obtained, which implies that the system is free from the Zeno behaviour. Finally, several simulation examples are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

速度不可测的异构多智能体系统一致性分析

近年来,随着异构系统在实际中的广泛应用,异构多智能体系统一致性分析成为研究热点。针对一阶部分智能体控制输入有界、二阶智能体速度不可测的异构多智能体系统,在无向网络拓扑图下给出了无领导者和有领导者两种控制输入设计方法,基于图论知识和LaSalle不变集原理给出了该异构系统实现一致性的充分条件。最后,通过数值仿真验证了该理论的正确性。     

基于滑模观测器的多智能体一致性控制

本文针对速度不可测下的多智能体系统提出一种基于滑模观测器的有限时间一致性控制算法.首先, 利用滑模观测器在有限时间内估计每个智能体的速度信息. 然后,利用估计信息设计非奇异终端滑模控制律,该控制律能够保证智能体系统在有限时间内达到一致性. 最后,通过数值仿真验证了该一致性控制算法的有效性.     

Consensus control of discrete-time multi-agent systems with privacy preservation

Due to the dependence of consensus theory on multi-agent systems (MAS) and the need to openly exchange status information with neighbors on each agent, private status and information are inevitably exposed to the public. In this paper, we present a consensus privacy protection algorithm to solve the consensus privacy problem of second-order MAS. The proposed approach is based on the Paillier algorithm with semi-homomorphic characteristics while combining a distributed control perspective to solve the privacy issues of sharing system status information. Under the conditions of our design, as long as there is at least one trustworthy neighbor node, the privacy of the topology nodes can be protected, and thus, the interconnected nodes are unable to detect the state information of systems from one another. We provide a new method for the privacy of the state information of the discrete-time MAS and use restricted hardware devices to implement the consensus control. Finally, experiments verify the effectiveness of our method, while meeting the actual applicability     

受未知通信时滞影响的高阶多智能体系统的趋同

本文考虑了极点在闭左半平面的高阶连续多智能体系统的趋同问题.假设网络拓扑为有向图,且个体从邻居收到的信息存在通信时滞,分别得到与时滞无关和与时滞有关的两种趋同条件,这两个条件充分揭示了智能体结构、通信时滞和网络拓扑三者之间的关系.本文的核心方法是利用参数化代数Riccati方程的唯一正定解来设计趋同增益.此外,文中说明了通信时滞在有些情况下可为时变的.最后,数值例子验证了所得理论结果的有效性.     

Consensus recovery of multi-agent systems subjected to failures

Consensus recovery is one of the most important topics of multi-agent systems subjected to failures, but there are few literatures considering this theme. In this article, two disastrous failures are introduced and corresponding recovery programs are proposed to investigate the consensus recovery of multi-agent systems. The failures of multi-agent systems mainly refer to the failures to the agents and links. The cut-agent and cut-link are presented to better understand the disastrous failures of multi-agent systems, and they are the most important components of multi-agent systems. When the cut-agent and cut-link are removed from the systems, the multi-agent systems will become disconnected, and the neighbour agents of cut-agent are used to recover the consensus of multi-agent systems in this article. For different failures, the different measures are taken to restore the connectivity of multi-agent systems, so as to recover the consensus of multi-agent systems. Under the proposed recovery strategies, the convergence speed of achieving consensus of the resulting networks is considered as the main target. Moreover, there is a trade-off between the convergence speed and robustness of the resulting networks.     

非平衡拓扑结构的多智能体网络系统一致性协议

针对多智能体网络系统,本文分别研究了非平衡拓扑结构的多智能体连续状态和离散状态下的一致性协议.首先提出了能使用有向图表示的多智能体网络系统的拓扑结构,并根据该拓扑结构建立了网络系统的1阶数学模型和提出了多智能体网络系统一致收敛准则.对于多智能体网络连续系统,该系统的一致平衡点最终收敛于初始状态的凸组合,本文最终确定了非平衡拓扑结构的一致平衡点.如果多智能体网络系统的拓扑结构没有改变,在离散状态下系统的一致平衡点仍收敛于初始状态的凸组合,并且离散状态下系统的一致平衡点与连续状态下系统的一致平衡点相等.最后采用8个智能体组成的网络拓扑进行计算机仿真,验证理论的正确性.     

Consensus tracking control for sampled-data second-order multi-agent systems with arbitrary weights under fixed communication topology

This paper focuses on the consensus tracking control problem of multi-agent systems (MASs) with arbitrary adjacency weights instead of traditional nonnegative weights in a sampling setting. First, unlike Lemma 4 in Hu and Hong [2007. Leader-following coordination of MASs with coupling time delays. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 374(2), 853–863], for MASs with arbitrary weights, the global reachability of the leader node is just a necessary but not a necessary and sufficient condition to guarantee the positive stability of matrix H. Hence, it's urgent for us to establish some positive stability criteria of matrix H first, which is a necessary condition for MASs to achieve consensus tracking. Simultaneously, we also solve the following problems successfully: which nodes should have direct connection with the leader? What's the range size of the leader adjacency coefficients? Then, some sufficient consensus tracking control conditions are obtained for MASs without time-delays and with time-delays by using matrix analysis method and perturbation theory, respectively. Finally, numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of our results.     

受干预多智能体系统的一致性分析及控制

运用图论、矩阵分析和极限理论, 研究当通信拓扑结构连通的多智能体系统受到干预时, 系统仍保持一致性的充分条件及其平衡状态. 利用指数函数快速递减且可积的特性, 设计干预控制器, 控制多智能体系统收敛到指定位置. 仿真研究实验验证了所提出结论的正确性.

     

无速度输入多智能体系统的一致性

本文研究了有无引导者的多智能体系统在非线性协议下的一致性问题.当智能体速度信息无法获知时,分别针对有无引导者的多智能体系统设计了包含辅助系统和智能体相对位移信息的非线性分布式协议.借助图论、Lyapunov稳定性理论、Barbalat引理等方法,推导出有无引导者的多智能体系统在连通无向通讯网络中实现一致的充分条件,其次,设计了一种新的能使引导–追随者多智能体系统在有向通讯网络中实现期望一致的协议.最后,数值仿真验证了结果的正确性.     

受干预多智能体系统平衡状态及目标追踪设计

针对拓扑结构无向连通的多智能体系统受到干预的问题,运用图论,矩阵论及极限理论,分析了系统状态保持一致性的条件,并得到了系统的平衡状态.设计了干预控制器,引导系统向任意指定地点聚集.给出了多智能体系统一致追踪移动目标的一致追踪算法.最后仿真研究实验说明了本文结论的正确性.     

Group consensus tracking of second-order nonlinear multi-agent systems with time-varying reference velocities

This paper investigates group consensus tracking problems with time-varying reference velocities. The multiple agents are described as second-order nonlinear dynamics in directed information exchange settings. For the multi-agent networks formed by finite agent groups, novel distributed protocols with/without time-varying transmission delays are designed to solve the group consensus tracking problems. The problems are first transformed into the asymptotical stability of consensus error systems and the input-to-state stability of tracking error systems, and then sufficient conditions are derived to guarantee the agents realizing the group consensus tracking based on Lyapunov stability theories. Finally, several simulations are given to verify the effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

Consensus tracking in heterogeneous nonlinear multi-agent networks with asynchronous sampled-data communication

This paper is concerned with the problem of consensus tracking for heterogeneous nonlinear multi-agent systems via asynchronous sampled-data information. Due to the existence of heterogeneity of dynamics and asynchrony of sampled information, the closed-loop error tracking system with ‘disturbance-like’ term can be established. By utilizing the Lyapunov–Krasovskii approach, the bounded consensus condition with the estimate of the tracking error bound is derived. Based on the criterion, an effective method for designing the appropriate consensus controller gain matrices is developed. An illustrative example with the coupled pendulums is given to demonstrate the efficiency of the results obtained in this paper.